On this day · Aquarius

January 22 birthdays

300 notable historical figures were born on January 22, and 217 died on this day. Everyone born on January 22 is a Aquarius.

22% of January 22 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (73) than any other country.

Born on January 22

• Lord Byron (1788 to 1824. English poet (1788–1824))
• Caitlin Clark (born 2002. American basketball player (born 2002))
• Francis Bacon (1561 to 1626. English philosopher and statesman (1561–1626))
• Antonio Gramsci (1891 to 1937. Albanian-Italian Marxist philosopher, writer, and politician (1891–1937))
• Walter Raleigh (1552 to 1618. English statesman and explorer (1552–1618))
• Tharman Shanmugaratnam (born 1957. President of Singapore since 2023)
• Robert E. Howard (1906 to 1936. American pulp fiction writer (1906–1936))
• Ibn Taymiyya (1263 to 1328. Islamic scholar and jurist (1263–1328))
• Lev Landau (1908 to 1968. Soviet theoretical physicist (1908–1968))
• Ivan III (1440 to 1505. Grand Prince of Moscow from 1462 to 1505)
• U Thant (1909 to 1974. UN Secretary-General from 1961 to 1971)
• August Strindberg (1849 to 1912. Swedish writer and painter (1849–1912))
• John Winthrop (1588 to 1649. English leader of Massachusetts Bay Colony (1587–1649))
• Maria Leopoldina of Austria (1797 to 1826. Empress of Brazil (1822–1826) and Queen of Portugal (1826))
• Stephen Graham Jones (born 1972. Native American fiction author (born 1972))
• Alveda King (born 1951. American civil rights activist, Christian minister (born 1951))
• Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729 to 1781. German Enlightenment writer (1729–1781))
• Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark (1872 to 1938. Greek prince (1872–1938))
• Blind Willie Johnson (1897 to 1945. American gospel blues musician (1897–1945))
• Louis, Duke of Guyenne (1397 to 1415. Dauphin of Viennois, Duke of Guyenne)
• Ong Teng Cheong (1936 to 2002. President of Singapore from 1993 to 1999)
• Francis Picabia (1879 to 1953. French painter and writer (1879–1953))
• Bruno Kreisky (1911 to 1990. Austrian diplomat and chancellor (1911–1990))
• Amine Gemayel (born 1942. President of Lebanon from 1982 to 1988)
• Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu (born 1962. King of Malaysia from 2006 to 2011)
• Tamra Davis (born 1962. American film/television/music video director (born 1962))
• Beatrice Webb (1858 to 1943. English sociologist, economist, feminist and social reformer (1858–1943))
• Joseph Muscat (born 1974. Prime Minister of Malta from 2013 to 2020)
• Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (1831 to 1917. German prince and British royal (1831–1917))
• Pierre Gassendi (1592 to 1655. French priest, astronomer, and mathematician (1592–1655))
• Arthur Greiser (1897 to 1946. German Nazi politician, Gauleiter, SS-Obergruppenführer (1897–1946))
• Alfredo Palacio (1939 to 2025. President of Ecuador from 2005 to 2007)
• Claire Rayner (1931 to 2010. English journalist and advice columnist (1931–2010))
• Shantanu Moitra (born 1968. Indian composer (born 1968))
• Sisowath Sirik Matak (1914 to 1975. 23rd Prime Minister of Cambodia)
• Steve Chabot (born 1953. American politician (born 1953))
• Dmytro Korchynsky (born 1964. Ukrainian writer and militant (born 1964))
• Fereydoun Mirza Qajar (1922 to 1975. Head of the Qajar dynasty)
• Jim Jarmusch (born 1953. American filmmaker (born 1953))
• Derek J. de Solla Price (1922 to 1983. Physicist and science historian (1922–1983))
• Alexander Men (1935 to 1990. Russian Orthodox priest and human-rights activist (1935 – 1990))
• Frigyes Riesz (1880 to 1956. Hungarian mathematician)
• Alan J. Heeger (born 1936. American physicist and chemist (born 1936))
• Isabel Paterson (1886 to 1961. Canadian-American author and editor (1886–1961))
• Sheng-yen (1931 to 2009. Chinese Chan Buddhist monk and writer)
• Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla (born 1958. Cuban diplomat and politician)
• Charles II, Duke of Orléans (1522 to 1545. Duke of Orléans)
• Hazi Aslanov (1910 to 1945. Soviet Azerbaijani general (1910–1945))
• Dora d'Istria (1828 to 1888. Romanian writer (1828–1888))
• John Hurt (1940 to 2017. English actor (1940–2017))
• Diane Lane (born 1965. American actress (born 1965))
• Roshan Singh (1892 to 1927. Indian freedom fighter (1892–1927))
• Bolesław Leśmian (1877 to 1937. Polish poet and artist (1877–1937))
• Robert Stalnaker (born 1940. American philosopher (born 1940))
• Udi Adam (born 1958. Israeli general)
• Jon Jerde (1940 to 2015. American architect (1940–2015))
• Yu Ying-shih (1930 to 2021. Chinese-born American historian (1930–2021))
• Charles Tournemire (1870 to 1939. French composer and organist (1870–1939))
• Marčelo (born 1983. Serbian rapper)
• Perween Rahman (1957 to 2013. Pakistani social activist (1957–2013))

Died on January 22

• Queen Victoria (1819 to 1901. Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901)
• Heath Ledger (1979 to 2008. Australian actor (1979–2008))
• Lyndon B. Johnson (1908 to 1973. President of the United States from 1963 to 1969)
• Shah Jahan (1592 to 1666. Mughal emperor from 1628 to 1658)
• Ursula K. Le Guin (1929 to 2018. American author (1929–2018))
• Thích Nhất Hạnh (1926 to 2022. Vietnamese Buddhist monk and activist (1926–2022))
• Benedict XV (1854 to 1922. Head of the Catholic Church from 1914 to 1922)
• Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (1506 to 1552. Lord Protector of England from 1547 to 1549)
• Iskandar of Johor (1932 to 2010. Yang di-Pertuan Agong from 1984 to 1989)
• Princess Margaret of Prussia (1872 to 1954. Landgravine of Hesse)
• Nadejda Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven (1896 to 1963. Member of the Russian imperial family (1896–1963))
• Elisabeth of Austria, Queen of France (1554 to 1592. Queen of France from 1570 to 1574)
• Carl Larsson (1853 to 1919. Swedish painter (1853–1919))
• John of Leiden (1509 to 1536. Dutch Anabaptist leader (1509–1536))
• Muhammad I of Granada (1194 to 1273. First ruler of the Emirate of Granada from c. 1232 to 1273)
• Arno Allan Penzias (1933 to 2024. American physicist (1933–2024))
• Louis I, Duke of Bourbon (1279 to 1341. French prince (1279–1341))
• Consuelo Velázquez (1916 to 2005. Mexican concert pianist and composer)
• Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant (1859 to 1869. Heir apparent of Leopold II of Belgium (1859–1869))
• Ferdinand II of León (1137 to 1188. King of León and Galicia from 1157 to 1188)
• Thomas Francis (1596 to 1656. Prince of Carignano)
• Bryce, James (1838 to 1922. British academic (1838–1922))
• Theodelinda (570 to 627. 6th/7th-century queen of the Lombards)
• Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 to 1945. German poet and playwright (1869–1945))
• James Frawley (1936 to 2019. American director and actor (1936–2019))
• Oliver Leese (1894 to 1978. British Army general (1894–1978))
• María Teresa del Toro y Alayza (1781 to 1802. Wife of Simón Bolívar)
• August Willich (1810 to 1878. Prussian-American general and communist revolutionary)
• Sharon Kay Penman (1945 to 2021. American historical novelist (1945–2021))
• Marc Blitzstein (1905 to 1964. American composer (1905–1964))

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